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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWake County Republicans wiped out in 2025 elections as Democrats strengthen in suburbs
Wake County voters flocked to the polls and booted multiple local mayors and incumbent town council members in Tuesdays elections results that could foreshadow trouble for Republican candidates and bitter battles across ballots in 2026, when North Carolina will elect a new U.S. Senator and vote on other key offices.
The most important political battlegrounds of this closely divided state are the suburbs. And in the suburban towns of the states biggest county Tuesday night from Wake Forest to Garner to Fuquay-Varina, Holly Springs and Cary Republicans lost power in areas that Republican President Donald Trump carried just a year ago.
The Wake County Republican Party endorsed 22 candidates. All but one of them lost Tuesday, according to unofficial results. Meanwhile, 25 of 27 candidates endorsed by the Wake County Democratic Party appear to have rolled to victory.
Its a phenomenon in line with elections across the country. Democrats secured key victories in Virginia, Georgia, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and elsewhere as the party campaigned on jobs and cost-of-living issues and against a president suffering from falling approval ratings.
https://www.wral.com/news/nccapitol/wake-county-democrats-republicans-elections-november-2025/
Cha
(315,774 posts)a Whole Lot of Hard Work and Dedication!
TY & Best of Good Luck in the Senate Race next year NC... Dems Deserve it!
I know because my sister and another niece live there in the Fall, Winer, and Spring.. it's beautiful!
And, We have DUers who live there.
mnhtnbb
(32,987 posts)As a resident of NC, I am delighted to see it. We can only hope that residents may finally wake up to the fact that Republicans are not serving the interest of a majority of their constituents and throw the bums out. It could provide the impetus to break the stranglehold Repubs here have had on the State Legislature since they started gerrymandering after the 2010 election. Damn, I sure hope so.